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PLUGGED
blocked, plugged
(adjective) completely obstructed or closed off; “the storm was responsible for many blocked roads and bridges”; “the drain was plugged”
plugged
(adjective) (of a coin) altered by the insertion of a plug of base metal
PLUG
plug
(verb) insert as a plug; “She plugged a cork in the wine bottle”
plug
(verb) insert a plug into; “plug the wall”
plug
(verb) replace the center of a coin with a baser metal; “plug a nickle”
plug, plug away
(verb) persist in working hard; “Students must plug away at this problem”
plug
(verb) make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
punch, plug
(verb) deliver a quick blow to; “he punched me in the stomach”
plug, stop up, secure
(verb) fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; “plug the hole”; “stop up the leak”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
plugged
simple past tense and past participle of plug
Anagrams
• puggled
Source: Wiktionary
PLUG
Plug, n. Etym: [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. plök, plug, Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.]
1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.]
3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]
4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.]
5. (Building)
Definition: A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails. Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached. [U. S.] -- Hawse plug (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole.
– Plug and feather. (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7.
– Plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or to form a counterbore around it.
– Plug rod (Steam Eng.) , a rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.
– Plug valve (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case like the plug of a faucet.
Plug, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Plugging.]
Definition: To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GUILLOTINE
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